Charlie Hoover is an American sitcom which aired on Fox from November 9 to December 28, 1991, starring Tim Matheson in the lead role and Sam Kinison, Lucy Webb and Bill Maher.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
| Charlie Hoover | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Ian Gurvitz |
| Starring | Tim Matheson Sam Kinison Lucy Webb Bill Maher |
| Ending theme | Joey Carbone Dennis E. Belfield |
| Composers | Joey Carbone Robert Crew |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Ian Gurvitz Marc Gurvitz Lillah McCarthy |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | Ian Gurvitz Productions Brillstein-Grey Entertainment New World Television TriStar Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox |
| Release | November 9 – December 28, 1991 |
Synopsis
editCharlie Hoover (Tim Matheson) is a man who just reached middle age when one day the voice within his head materializes in the form of Hugh (Sam Kinison), a foot-high miniature alter ego. Hugh guides Charlie on the path to getting his life in order.
Cast
edit- Tim Matheson as Charlie Hoover
- Lucy Webb as Helen Hoover
- Julie Hayden as Doris
- Michael Manasseri as Paul Hoover
- Leslie Engelberg as Emily Hoover
- Sam Kinison as Hugh
Episodes
edit| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Happy Birthday to Hugh" | Peter Baldwin | Ian Gurvitz | November 9, 1991 | |
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On his depressing 40th birthday, Charlie meets his alter ego — a pint-sized loudmouth in a long coat — who helps him start to get it together, and helps him to get his promotion. | |||||
| 2 | "Happy Anniversary" | Jeff Melman | Adam Markowitz & Bill Freiberger | November 16, 1991 | |
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To celebrate his anniversary right, Charlie takes Hugh's advice and sets up a romantic anniversary celebration; unfortunately it's the same night he must make a business dinner. | |||||
| 3 | "Two for the Road" | Jeff Melman | Art Everett & Nelson Costello | November 23, 1991 | |
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Hugh is horrified when Charlie decides it may be time to get a vasectomy. | |||||
| 4 | "Mother-in-Law" | Rob Schiller | David Chambers | November 30, 1991 | |
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With Hugh's help, Charlie learns how to deal with his mother-in-law. | |||||
| 5 | "Out of the Frying Pan" | Jeff Melman | Joe Toplyn | December 7, 1991 | |
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Emily has a problem with her cooking teacher and Doris has a blind date. | |||||
| 6 | "Old Flame" | David Trainer | Stephen Paymer | December 21, 1991 | |
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A co-worker chases Charlie in search of a fling, which is something Charlie also needs because two months earlier Helen left with the kids. | |||||
| 7 | "Roll One for Ed" | David Trainer | Scott Buck | December 28, 1991 | |
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When a co-worker dies, Charlie travels to Atlantic City to complete the man's dream of taking $100 and gambling it away. | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Charlie Hoover". TV Guide. 1991.
- ^ Tucker, Ken (May 21, 1993). "A Tribute to Sam Kinison". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008.
- ^ "Universal Set To Scream For Sam Kinison Biography". IGN. September 18, 2000.
- ^ Cerone, Daniel (October 18, 1991). "Fox Makes Prime-Time Changes : Television: Moves include canceling 'The Ultimate Challenge' and launching a comedy series with Sam Kinison. The changes take effect Nov. 9". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Murray, Noel (February 17, 2009). "Tim Matheson". The A.V. Club.
- ^ "Charlie Hoover". Sitcomsonline.com.
- ^ "Charlie Hoover". EpGuides,com. Archived from the original on 2009-09-05.
External links
edit- Charlie Hoover at IMDb
- Interview with Sam's brother Bill Kinison at Bullz-Eye.com
- "Sam Kinison’s Wild Ride" at LasVegasWeekly.com